forage cap, field service, forage cap
Accession Number

NAM.1961-08-76-1

Description

Forage cap, field service, officers’, 3rd Gurkha Rifles, worn by Maj R E Kiddle, nd Made by Pulford and Sons, London. Rifle green cap with rifle green crown, curtain and peak and black braid piping; Austrian pattern. Black horn buttons with '3' over crossed kukris, edges upward. Black boss badge with silver plate '3' over kukris, edge upwards, on side of hat, King's crown over Queen Alexandra's Cypher. Kiddle served in the Royal Army Service Corps, then the 3rd Gurkha Rifles.